Wagner: Das Liebesverbot (complete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Das Liebesverbot (complete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY
Teatro Real Madrid / Manuela Uhl, Christopher Maltman, Peter Lodahl, Ilker Arcayürek / Ivor Bolton (cond)
[ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc ]
Release Date: Wednesday 1 March 2017
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Wagner's rarely performed early comic opera, based on Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, enjoys its Spanish debut in a new production by director Kasper Holten. The lively score boasts clear Italian, French and Weberian influences that pre-date the composer's mature voice, yet the music continually delights with the unmistakable emergence of Wagner's precocious genius. His adaptation of the Bard's play reflects the rebellious mood of a Revolutionary Germany, vindicating sensual love and attacking the fanatical repression of sexuality by a puritanical and hypocritical authority. Ivor Bolton conducts a vibrant cast featuring English baritone and Cardiff Singer of the World Lieder Prize-winner Christopher Maltman, Turkish-Viennese tenor and BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Ilker Arcayürek and Germany's hottest Wagnerian leading lady, Manuela Uhl.
Subtitles: EN/FR/DE/JP/KO
Running time: 160 minutes
"Filmed for DVD, Kasper Holten's colourful production lifts the spirits and a hard-working cast is swept along" Financial Times
